Steve Forbert Quotes

I don't listen to a lot of music; I write more music than I listen to, for sure.

Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I'm just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I'm cool.

It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you write a song, you record it. You tour and play the songs live, dress them up a bit differently, or dress them down.

We're always recording music, writing songs.

Coldplay are just four friends trying to make great music.

There's all these musicians in the world, and anybody that takes enough time to create a record or even think about the fantasy of rock & roll, it's a vulnerable place to be in, it's a huge thing to do.

That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.

For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.

Making music is fantastic.

I love making records; I love making music; I love writing songs.

I wrote my first song, 'Conversion', to this little hip-hop instrumental. I went to an open-mic, plugged my iPod into the P.A., and sang over the beat.

I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music.

I like to make great albums.

I've always been a fan of just writing songs and making music.

I really look forward to putting on a record. I love writing music and think that may be my strong suit even more than singing. I can't wait to take that music on tour and share it with as many people as I can.

Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want to make records.

I put a song out for fun, from 'Lucky Them'... I wrote another one called 'Love Song.' I really liked that.

The writing is everything of course but you can't be making records and not be willing to go out there and perform.

I write songs, I play instruments, and I produce music that comes out for the world.

I had a project called 'Cover Art,' which was the first project I did under the new name Anderson .Paak. I went through this process where I was recording new music for about six months straight.

For us, we make a song, and if we like it, it goes on a record.

I want to start recording and writing as soon as I can and get music that I love out as soon as possible.

I just want to make that my life: recording music and trying to write a good song every day.

I consider myself a songwriter... I guess the business end is my songs and the fun part is playing the guitar.

We travel so much as touring musicians and artists that sometimes, when you hear a great song that you really think could be on your project, you go ahead and record it instead of try to write it.